The Strawberry Shawl

By PAMELA MACKENZIE
STAFF WRITER
WWW.MYCENTRALJERSEY.COM
This stole combines two fairly easy traditional
stitches, the berry stitch, which reminds me of
strawberries, and a vine lace stitch. The body and the
border are knitted separately and sewed together.

Materials: Knitting-worsted-weight yarn, which is

weight “4” in the international scale, about 1,275
yards. Size 10 needles. I recommend a size 10, 29-inch
circular needle, but suit yourself. One tapestry needle
to sew the borders onto the stole.

BODY

Cast on 101 stitches.

Row 1: (K1, yo, k1) into first stitch, p3 together,

continue these two operations all the way across the
row, ending with (k1, yo, k1) into the last stitch.

Row 2: P3, k1 all the way across, ending with p3. Border (make two)

Row 3: K3, p1 all the way across, ending with K3. Cast on 101 stitches.

Row 4: repeat row 3. Row 1, wrong side, purl.

Row 5: P3 tog, (k1, yo, k1) into next stitch, repeat
these two operations all the way across, ending with
p3 together.
Row 6: K1, p3, repeat these two operations all the way
across, ending with k1.
Row 7: P1, k3, repeat these two operations all the
way across, ending with a p1.
Row 8: Repeat row 7.
Repeat these 8 rows for the length of the shawl. I
recommend you do this for about 52 inches.
Row 2, right side, K3, yo, k2, ssk, k2tog, k2, yo, k1,
repeat from, ending with k1.
Row 3, wrong side, purl.
Row 4, right side, basically doing the same thing as
row 2, but shifting it all by one stitch:
k2, yo, k2, ssk, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, repeat from, ending
with K2
Repeat these four rows until piece measures about 4
inches long. Knit 4 rows of garter stitch (knit across
for four rows) then bind off.
 Finishing

Sew the cast-on edge of each

border to an end of the shawl. The
garter-stitch at the end of the vine
lace should be the final or outside
edge of the border.

Your final stole should be about 58

to 60 inches long.

For more patterns,

visit Pam MacKenzie’s
knitting blog,
InStitches, at

http://blogs.mycentraljersey.
com/institches

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